Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

Democracy in
Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

26.95

A
powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a
post-racial society

America’s great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of
African Americans. But today the situation has grown even more dire. From the
murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights
Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the
Great Recession, it is clear that black America faces an emergency—at the very
moment the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe
we’ve solved America’s race problem.

Democracy in Black is Eddie S. Glaude Jr.'s impassioned response. Part
manifesto, part history, part memoir, it argues that we live in a country
founded on a “value gap”—with white lives valued more than others—that still
distorts our politics today. Whether discussing why all Americans have racial
habits that reinforce inequality, why black politics based on the civil-rights
era have reached a dead end, or why only remaking democracy from the ground up
can bring real change, Glaude crystallizes the untenable position of black
America--and offers thoughts on a better way forward. Forceful in ideas and
unsettling in its candor, Democracy In Black is a landmark book on race
in America, one that promises to spark wide discussion as we move toward the
end of our first black presidency.